Prerequisite Skills VOCABULARY CHECK 1. Identify one ordered pair that is a solution of 8x – 5y = 22. Sample answer: (1, 2) ANSWER 2. Are 7x – 4 = 10 and x = 3 equivalent equations? Explain. ANSWER No; because the solution of 7x – 4 = 10 is x = 2, the two equations do not have the same solution.
Prerequisite Skills VOCABULARY CHECK 3. The absolute value of a number a is the distance between a and on a number line. ? ANSWER
Prerequisite Skills SKILLS CHECK Check whether the given number is a solution of the equation or inequality. 4. x – 2 = 3; 5 Solution ANSWER 5. s + 3 =12; 9 Solution ANSWER Not a Solution ANSWER 6. 6y > 20; 3 7. p – 3 5 ≤ 4; 23 Solution ANSWER
Prerequisite Skills SKILLS CHECK Solve the equation. Check your solution. 8. m + 8 = –20 –28 ANSWER 9. –7x = 35 –5 ANSWER ANSWER –29 9 10. –9r – 4 = 25 11. 4t – 7t = 9 –3 ANSWER
Prerequisite Skills SKILLS CHECK For the given value of a, find a and |a|. 12. a = –3 3, 3 ANSWER 13. a = –5.6 5.6, 5.6 ANSWER 14. a = 14 ANSWER –14, 14 15. a = 0 0, 0 ANSWER
Prerequisite Skills SKILLS CHECK Graph the equation. 16. y = –7x + 3 ANSWER
Prerequisite Skills SKILLS CHECK Graph the equation. 17. 6x + 3y = –5 ANSWER
Prerequisite Skills SKILLS CHECK Graph the equation. 18. x = –8 ANSWER
Prerequisite Skills SKILLS CHECK Graph the equation. 19. y = 4 ANSWER